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we're both incredibly pro government and incredibly critical of government. i don't see any contradiction in that. we need to embrace those contradictions. we need to say yes. we need government that works, and our government isn't working as well as it should right now. but if you can hold those two seemingly contradictory things together, then yeah, you do feel kind of patriotic. >> the impact is greater engagement. people have a sense that this is somebody else's problem. but it's our problem. we need to work on these solutions together, and it's not something that we can just hand off to government. >> if you don't tolerate any risk, you can never innovate. there is so much that citizens can do to communicate to their elected officials and to the bureaucrats that they interact with. you know what, we want you to try stuff. and it's really remarkable if you think about it in that context that how much we don't like a g
we're both incredibly pro government and incredibly critical of government. i don't see any contradiction in that. we need to embrace those contradictions. we need to say yes. we need government that works, and our government isn't working as well as it should right now. but if you can hold those two seemingly contradictory things together, then yeah, you do feel kind of patriotic. >> the impact is greater engagement. people have a sense that this is somebody else's problem. but it's our...
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and where should the government step aside? >> in terms of... >> what do you think is the role of government? it is a very general question. >> so, the role of government is to provide basic services that the private sector would just not provide. i mean, education, i mean, it is infrastructure, that means social services that means, giving people basic tools that they might not otherwise have. so really giving people in my mind an opportunity to succeed. and when the private sector, which can fall short in many areas are not providing, you know, basic services like food, or housing, or that is the role of government to step in. and we have to, we have to restore faith in our system of government. because if people do not believe that the government will spend money well, than it will not improve key infrastukt tur projects that the state needs to do. they need to invest in the roads because the private sector is not. >> thank you. >> mr. king. how would you describe your views on the role of government? >> i think that the gov
and where should the government step aside? >> in terms of... >> what do you think is the role of government? it is a very general question. >> so, the role of government is to provide basic services that the private sector would just not provide. i mean, education, i mean, it is infrastructure, that means social services that means, giving people basic tools that they might not otherwise have. so really giving people in my mind an opportunity to succeed. and when the private...
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and they help with government funding. that's a source i'd like to get back to later because i think it's a self-diluted position that they cannot try to find funding for their needs outside of government sources. the library does it, rec and park does it. it's an issue that is done very successfully by other organizations in government and it's something that i think holds back the growth and development of the programs in the community, and something that really needs to be attended to. more about that later. specifically, they have -- the arts commission have some very important rules and responsibilities. amongst them are approving the design of all public buildings, approving the purchase or acceptance of all new city art, accepting the responsibility for maintaining and keeping an inventory of all of the art that the city owns, and promoting neighborhood arts in the various communities. and i'm sure the board of supervisors is somewhat familiar with the arts commission, since it apropose operates funds for the arts c
and they help with government funding. that's a source i'd like to get back to later because i think it's a self-diluted position that they cannot try to find funding for their needs outside of government sources. the library does it, rec and park does it. it's an issue that is done very successfully by other organizations in government and it's something that i think holds back the growth and development of the programs in the community, and something that really needs to be attended to. more...
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involved in the government going to better customer service than a for profit entity i don't believe in that serial or you are going to some people will go out of business thirty or most developed nations in the world where the only one that doesn't have you know kind of a system that guarantees health insurance is a basic human rights and we also just so happen to spend far more and did far less out of the out of out of what we put into it but the sort of rocketing cost a lot of that comes from the government control i'm talking about the government limiting its role look at things like i mean they want to look at cosmetic surgery look at lasik look at things like this where the health care is a commodity and it's treated as a commodity it's not covered. by insurance the cost of they come down with the technology advances there's new technology people can choose whatever whoever they want to go to it's not it's a little bit apples and oranges but health care is a commodity like anything else the market will control it better than the government but i think there is a big issue when
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government and not giving the government power to do something. but the powers in the constitution are negative to the government so that people will have as johnathon said freedom to do what they want to do. you don't need the other stuff to do that . >> at the same time is it better where we are with the economy now to have one party and at least get something done. it may not be the best thing but something done . >> i think not. i agree with johnathon which is frightening me right now. in britain it is a parlimentary and possible to force legislation and there is leding to austerit yenow too much too soon. america is brilliant with the checks and balances in place. it is the responsibility to make sure comis not a dirter word. it is allowed. >> guys making a point. 52 percent of the poll say this is the biggest number. 50 percent say one party. >> over the course of my financial journalism career everything changed in the last four year. we don't use fundmental analysis and unfortunately two-party promotes grid lock and the market is fed up wi
government and not giving the government power to do something. but the powers in the constitution are negative to the government so that people will have as johnathon said freedom to do what they want to do. you don't need the other stuff to do that . >> at the same time is it better where we are with the economy now to have one party and at least get something done. it may not be the best thing but something done . >> i think not. i agree with johnathon which is frightening me...
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it is the role of government. and let's see, role of government. you are first on this, mr. president. the question is this: do you believe -- both of you -- but you had the first two minute on this, mr. president -- do you believe there is a fundamental difference between the two of you as to how you view the mission of the federal government? >> well, i definitely think there are differences. the first role of the federal government is to keep the american people safe. that's its most basic function. as commander in chief, that is something that i have worked on and thought about every single day that i have been in the oval office. but i also believe that government has the capacity-- the federal government has the capacity to help open up opportunity and create ladders of opportunity and to create frameworks where the american people can succeed. the genius of america is the free enterprise system. freedom. the fact that people can go out there and start a business, work on an idea, make their own decisions. but as abraham lincoln understood, there are also some things w
it is the role of government. and let's see, role of government. you are first on this, mr. president. the question is this: do you believe -- both of you -- but you had the first two minute on this, mr. president -- do you believe there is a fundamental difference between the two of you as to how you view the mission of the federal government? >> well, i definitely think there are differences. the first role of the federal government is to keep the american people safe. that's its most...
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an elected government. in other words, for the first time you have a lot of people with street cred in the muslim world and in the islamic world saying, you know, this is bad, this kind of violence in the name of jihad is a terrible thing. does that change the dynamic, you think. >> yeah. it really does, and this is a really important point, fareed. it's both good news and bad news. let me quickly cover the bad news, all right? all the successor governments are weaker than their predecessors, and, frankly, they're less agile and adept counterterrorism partners for the united states. that's just a fact. this would not happen in a libya under moammar gadhafi. we've been very successful with american men would call a close battle, dealing with a jihadists that are already convince they'd want to kill us. we have not been involved in the deep battle, that's the production rate of them wanting to kill us in a year or five years. despite near term and medium term turbulence that this arab awakening that has creat
an elected government. in other words, for the first time you have a lot of people with street cred in the muslim world and in the islamic world saying, you know, this is bad, this kind of violence in the name of jihad is a terrible thing. does that change the dynamic, you think. >> yeah. it really does, and this is a really important point, fareed. it's both good news and bad news. let me quickly cover the bad news, all right? all the successor governments are weaker than their...
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[applause] the good government awards also support spur's good government work. it is a central part of our mission. our agenda is admittedly ambitious. we analyze every local measure on the san francisco ballot, which until recently was a pretty formidable task. we participate in most of the major issues of city government from pension and payroll tax reform to some of the most important discussions on how we fund a lot of our public services, whether that finding different revenue streams for our parks, are trying to find new ways to fund public transportation in the city. we're very happy to be working with mayor lee and the board to address a lot of these issues. this will clearly be a busy year for us. another component of our work is connecting the city's robuspro o assistance with our many business partners. this is a core part of mfac original purpose in san francisco. we are focused on building this capacity once again. as everyone here knows, the nature of how cities are doing business is changing. fundamentally. costly federal and state mandates contin
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government. this government took power in difficult economic times. it was a country still coming to terms with the financial crisis. a financial crisis that has afflicted every country round the world. i understand why you were willing to give david cameron the benefit of the doubt. long think we've had enough to make a judgment. long enough to make a judgement because they turned a recovery into the longest double dip recession since the war. because there are more people looking for work for longer than at any time since the last time there was a conservative government. and here is the other thing, what about borrowing? borrowing. the thing they said was their number one priority. this year borrowing is rising not falling. let me just say that again. borrowing the thing they said was the most important priority, the reason they were elected. it is rising not falling. not because there hasn't been pain and tax rises and cuts affecting every family in this country. not because they didn't want
government. this government took power in difficult economic times. it was a country still coming to terms with the financial crisis. a financial crisis that has afflicted every country round the world. i understand why you were willing to give david cameron the benefit of the doubt. long think we've had enough to make a judgment. long enough to make a judgement because they turned a recovery into the longest double dip recession since the war. because there are more people looking for work for...
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government release to cali implement a cease fire when the rebels don't want the cease fire because they want to study government military and they know they're happy about iraq the united states and all full members of the european union also in saudi arabia of qatar or their wealthy persian gulf arab states it's turkey of course member of nato jordan so that we have to see how he goes it was a turn this week of the american presidential running mates to lacan isn't a pre-election t.v. spat and it was anything but friend the sparing as they just hold over home and foreign policy for the view was there was no deal when the california state university professor paul seldon food says that's because honesty is not their priority. after the first debate between obama and romney a political cartoonist drew a picture and uncles fighting each other with their noses this is no different that these band went out of their way to live throughout neither side would attack the other on things in which they were vulnerable and that's why you have to pick these tiny little issues for example biden
government release to cali implement a cease fire when the rebels don't want the cease fire because they want to study government military and they know they're happy about iraq the united states and all full members of the european union also in saudi arabia of qatar or their wealthy persian gulf arab states it's turkey of course member of nato jordan so that we have to see how he goes it was a turn this week of the american presidential running mates to lacan isn't a pre-election t.v. spat...
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on the table with the afghan government and accept afghan government as the government they did to mitt system in the country so i know that the foreign troops are leaving i think that the taliban have even less incentive to talks i don't think that it's possible to reconcile with the core ideological leadership of the taliban but it is possible to integrate a large number of the foot soldiers and also the mid-level commanders who are fighting in afghanistan by offering them political and financial incentives but that only happens when they are convinced that the current system in afghanistan is sustainable and the world community is committed to going to that you do not know what you just gave an argument to withdraw even earlier didn't you. no i did it i said that the world community should remain committed to afghanistan and that with convinced portions of the taliban that they will not win militarily and then when they come to the table i think that the president obama is. setting timelines really and there can't the military and political mission in afghanistan because that give th
on the table with the afghan government and accept afghan government as the government they did to mitt system in the country so i know that the foreign troops are leaving i think that the taliban have even less incentive to talks i don't think that it's possible to reconcile with the core ideological leadership of the taliban but it is possible to integrate a large number of the foot soldiers and also the mid-level commanders who are fighting in afghanistan by offering them political and...
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>> this is covered by the federal government. >> oh, yeah, how? >> they said they are going to pay it. >> is money coming down from heaven to pay this? >> they are paying 100 percent. >>> and that's how we worry? >> you are suggesting that you throw the people by the road side and let them die. >> of course not. >> and the facts is that there is a possibility of that? >> people are not dying on the streets . >> not yet. but soon. >> we can survive with our current system and we have if for years. it is going to get in more trouble as the states have the inability to pay for the exchanges. >> i don't think they are. i will not accuse you of throwing anybody by the road side to die. >> my mother would be happy to hear that. >> the take on the exchangings there. is nothing more free marketing than the idea of setting up exchanges so that health insurance companies have to compete. >> here is what the states are doing. indiana, and wisconsin and new mexico. look federal government. we don't want to knock out the people in the poverty. we want them to
>> this is covered by the federal government. >> oh, yeah, how? >> they said they are going to pay it. >> is money coming down from heaven to pay this? >> they are paying 100 percent. >>> and that's how we worry? >> you are suggesting that you throw the people by the road side and let them die. >> of course not. >> and the facts is that there is a possibility of that? >> people are not dying on the streets . >> not yet. but...
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wow between the syrian government and the reigning government at the same time just outside damascus the rebels have shut down a syrian heavy cop to govern the ship but this comes as shelling continues between both sides in several cities of onto the country russia has come to the fore in the mediate tree roll it has said that it hopes the united nations arab envoy to syria will be coming to moscow perhaps later this month and they too they hope that both sides will express caution must go also saying that these cross border incidents are completely unacceptable after turkey's parliament authorized troops to launch cross border operations against syria the country's prime minister warned on cora won't shy away from more of provoked author and journalist optionor a ton see things damascus will retaliate if pulled into a bigger conflict. this kind of flashpoint is the kind of flashpoint that can create world war three. some people have it this is a false flag operation we're getting these reports of this continued as it would reaction for the jets government ok so a new one will face p
wow between the syrian government and the reigning government at the same time just outside damascus the rebels have shut down a syrian heavy cop to govern the ship but this comes as shelling continues between both sides in several cities of onto the country russia has come to the fore in the mediate tree roll it has said that it hopes the united nations arab envoy to syria will be coming to moscow perhaps later this month and they too they hope that both sides will express caution must go also...
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international that's actually being paid for by regimes and and governments. this violates every principle of journalistic ethics because we're supposed to be watchdogs on these governments we're not supposed to allow them to be paying customers we were able to kind of dodge our minders and sneak into some of the villages and actually see these atrocities patients who'd run out of the hospitals that were shot up with birdshot and as we were heading back out of these villages we were violently detained by security forces and buffering and luckily my female producer and i were able to hide some disks in our broads and we were able to actually get out of the country with this content so you can imagine surprise when we got back to the us and this content was airing on c.n.n. and right after that is when the phone calls started coming into the network complaining about me and trying to get my coverage. of violence and unrest has returned to tunis you had to this time it's a clash over the trash please thirteen thousand angry residents hit the streets and said call
international that's actually being paid for by regimes and and governments. this violates every principle of journalistic ethics because we're supposed to be watchdogs on these governments we're not supposed to allow them to be paying customers we were able to kind of dodge our minders and sneak into some of the villages and actually see these atrocities patients who'd run out of the hospitals that were shot up with birdshot and as we were heading back out of these villages we were violently...
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the syrian government and rebels both claim success in escalating violence turkey again answers to cross border shelling no fears of a nato led intervention. plus british action groups sound the alarm over massive new welfare cuts that are said to hit the most vulnerable families hard. question are they coming to you live from moscow a marina joshie welcome to the program it's celebration time for venezuela's incoming leader of the tavis who has dominated his democratic rival in a hard fought election battle for the country's top job the post sky high turnout of over eighty percent and prove just how crucial the vote was for the nation and here's our correspondent in caracas lucy coughing up with all the details the city is going on while this is just moments after the venezuelan electoral council announced that it will go chavez will indeed remain the president for a third term he'll be leaving the country for another six years the fireworks have been going on there's been people driving around in the streets people have gathered on the presidential palace to just celebrate this this vi
the syrian government and rebels both claim success in escalating violence turkey again answers to cross border shelling no fears of a nato led intervention. plus british action groups sound the alarm over massive new welfare cuts that are said to hit the most vulnerable families hard. question are they coming to you live from moscow a marina joshie welcome to the program it's celebration time for venezuela's incoming leader of the tavis who has dominated his democratic rival in a hard fought...
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unless the british government. is a non starter what i think. forgivable war the foreign office third it's against the rules in order for permission to be given for an award to be exerted there has to be a specific service to the country concerned and that service should have taken place within the previous five years john's wife says that's ridiculous they're all late eighty's early ninety's some of them what on earth are they supposed to do over the last five years they're still prayer men of what they were during the war it never leaves them so why are they being painted lowest and not being given this medal i think it's disgraceful absolutely disgraceful angry not just from a hole while the ship might those here and those opacity on across the bars beside to me this disgusting. john says it's time the current prime minister says that to be the decent thing common diver or while we was there and then died yes we were all in together. the russians the americans the belgium yes we were all in it together then but apparently we've been left ther
unless the british government. is a non starter what i think. forgivable war the foreign office third it's against the rules in order for permission to be given for an award to be exerted there has to be a specific service to the country concerned and that service should have taken place within the previous five years john's wife says that's ridiculous they're all late eighty's early ninety's some of them what on earth are they supposed to do over the last five years they're still prayer men of...
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small governments are good for economic growth and government trains from government spends less money that is when the economy grows so when government isn't dead it's in debt because it's spent too much money and the problem cannot be solved with spending even more money and getting into even deeper debt when an individual does that if an individual has a debt crisis and tries to solve this debt crisis spending even more money getting into deeper that usually doesn't help at all you have to face the problem and you have to cut spending and live within your means and that's what governments need to do as well when governments become smaller and stop this this policy of overspending and overtaxing and overregulating that's what that's when the economy will start going to get this strong separatism sentiments in belgium and brits in the ad in spain is independence going to make the region striving for independence even better off. absolutely i think usually small small governments but also small countries do very well countries that are very small like luxembourg like monaco likely. lik
small governments are good for economic growth and government trains from government spends less money that is when the economy grows so when government isn't dead it's in debt because it's spent too much money and the problem cannot be solved with spending even more money and getting into even deeper debt when an individual does that if an individual has a debt crisis and tries to solve this debt crisis spending even more money getting into deeper that usually doesn't help at all you have to...
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you do not need the government -- government to mandate that. the key task we have in health care is to get the cost down so it is more affordable for families. he has a model for doing that, an unelected board who will decide what kind of treatment you ought to have a. in my opinion, the government is not effective in bringing down the cost of almost anything. as a matter of fact, free people and free enterprise is try to find a way to do things together are more effective at bringing down the cost that the government ever will be. your example of the cleveland clinic is exactly my point. this is the private market. these are enterprises competing with each other and learning how to do better jobs. i used to consult to hospitals and health-care providers. i was astonished at the creativity and innovation that exists in the american people. in order to bring the cost of health care down, we do not need a board of the 15 people telling us what kind of treatments we should have. we should have insurance plans, hospitals, doctors on targets so that
you do not need the government -- government to mandate that. the key task we have in health care is to get the cost down so it is more affordable for families. he has a model for doing that, an unelected board who will decide what kind of treatment you ought to have a. in my opinion, the government is not effective in bringing down the cost of almost anything. as a matter of fact, free people and free enterprise is try to find a way to do things together are more effective at bringing down the...
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nor is it the policy of the jordanian government the u.s. the brookings institute in march two thousand and twelve published a report assessing regime change options in syria but it specifically cited the creation of a buffer zone or a humanitarian corridor as a means to base certain rebel groups in the region to project force towards a syrian government in an attempt to topple it so that it appears to be what it's playing out at the moment. meanwhile an increased american military presence doesn't seem to be helping the situation pose conducting. u.s. officers sounds the alarm over the decaying security in the country as that misstep time that killed ambassador in benghazi was a premeditated act of terror that's an all coming out of. this punish economies now of rock according to credit ratings agency standard and poor's as it rattled markets once more by slashing the trade stats quarter near drunk states as the rating agencies that us to drop listeners and nationwide unrest have led the government's her with tide that adds that madrid's ab
nor is it the policy of the jordanian government the u.s. the brookings institute in march two thousand and twelve published a report assessing regime change options in syria but it specifically cited the creation of a buffer zone or a humanitarian corridor as a means to base certain rebel groups in the region to project force towards a syrian government in an attempt to topple it so that it appears to be what it's playing out at the moment. meanwhile an increased american military presence...
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the government has a lot of games that the government has to do. so that began with this kind of tension, you say i can agree on these issues, but be very careful. and worry might disagree is i think the best solution in the united states for health care is a single-payer system. [cheers and applause] >> i've always said to my opponents, i've never heard anyone want to get out of they get government off my back. [applause] >> it does bring us to a really interesting point that many of the lawsuits have been filed around this regulation have argued thing site rather than regulating private insurance, government should provide contraception directly through taxpayer funding, which is in some respects a less conservative position than the one we were at and hit the lawsuits are filed by a conservative organization. but i wanted to clarify one thing, which i think speaks to a charlie was just saying when we discussed earlier the restoration act publishes a piece of legislation that addressed the supreme court case that we discussed. if there is a compe
the government has a lot of games that the government has to do. so that began with this kind of tension, you say i can agree on these issues, but be very careful. and worry might disagree is i think the best solution in the united states for health care is a single-payer system. [cheers and applause] >> i've always said to my opponents, i've never heard anyone want to get out of they get government off my back. [applause] >> it does bring us to a really interesting point that many...
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less government was cut for people. even for poor people. 11% government leaves plenty to help the helpless. in fact, if 24 percent were not taken from us we as free individuals would do more to help the poor. such private charity does a better job. closer to the people that served. better as supporting those who really need help from those who need a push. criticized for giving most of his charity money to the mormon church. a writer for the nation said he gave virtually nothing to any program that focuses directly. it is clear that romney's donations are but taking care of his own. this is just ignorant. really is charity help support people. mormon subplots of non mormons. for example, they have a monster warehouse filled with food. they give it to anyone in need, any religion. when that earthquake hit 80 relief from mormons got there before government halted. after hurricane katrina, the same deal. even the new york times reported that. the mormon trucks were the first to arrive. tvs said the efficiency of the mormo
less government was cut for people. even for poor people. 11% government leaves plenty to help the helpless. in fact, if 24 percent were not taken from us we as free individuals would do more to help the poor. such private charity does a better job. closer to the people that served. better as supporting those who really need help from those who need a push. criticized for giving most of his charity money to the mormon church. a writer for the nation said he gave virtually nothing to any program...
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but is not china, it's the chinese government. the chinese government was the major buyer at the 2008 auction, they bought 60% of the ivory for themselves. they have -- that built a factory. it's the largest ivory carving factory in china. i visited there, i was there two weeks ago post the story. they are training people in schools there. they are building a capacity so it's not just the -- the thing to focus on is not what just happened up to now but is everything about china is saying we've done this, we've opened the door to ivory and we're ready to get bigger and everything about china is capacity expanding capacity. >> sreenivasan: one of the questions we had in social media is what is the consumer responsibility of this? there's no fair trade ivory per se, is there? >> no. the only legal ivory is ivory that either came in before the ban-- and that's true across the world-- or ivory in these two countries, china and japan. but consumers -- well, we can put it this way, if consumers stopped buying, elephants would stop dying.
but is not china, it's the chinese government. the chinese government was the major buyer at the 2008 auction, they bought 60% of the ivory for themselves. they have -- that built a factory. it's the largest ivory carving factory in china. i visited there, i was there two weeks ago post the story. they are training people in schools there. they are building a capacity so it's not just the -- the thing to focus on is not what just happened up to now but is everything about china is saying we've...
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you know tons of ads in the media well you know it's interesting because the all those governments had the media against them all every one of those candidates every one of those governments some worse than others but all of them argentina brazil so it's just they delivered so completely that the people didn't believe the b.s. coming at them from the media yeah i mean you also have you know this long period these elections started in ninety eight with venezuela and then were followed he was followed by the other ones but they had this long period of economic failure. kind of like ours is a little different in the sense that the economy hardly grew at all whereas ours was more redistribution thing but so they had twenty years of the worst economic failure in over a century then they started to elect these left governments and then once they got them and they saw the difference it was very hard to get rid of them could it be that the reason that the united states in the in the western world in the more developed northern hemisphere countries that the united states is at the least growing
you know tons of ads in the media well you know it's interesting because the all those governments had the media against them all every one of those candidates every one of those governments some worse than others but all of them argentina brazil so it's just they delivered so completely that the people didn't believe the b.s. coming at them from the media yeah i mean you also have you know this long period these elections started in ninety eight with venezuela and then were followed he was...
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while between the syrian government and the ring in government at the same time just outside damascus the rebels have shot down a syrian helicopter gunship but this comes as shelling continues between both sides in several cities around the country russia has come to the fore in the media atri role it has said that it hopes the united nations arab envoy to syria will be coming to moscow house later this month and the two they hope that both sides will expose caution moscow also saying that these cross border incidents are completely unacceptable. paula severe right now after his parliament authorized troops to launch cross border operations against syria for the country's prime minister warned that ankara will not shy away from war if provoked author and journalist afshin rattansi believes damascus will retaliate if indeed it's pulled into a broader conflict. this kind of flashpoint is the kind of flashpoint it can create world war three nato power some people have it this is a false flag operation we're getting these reports of this continued as it were a reaction from the turkish go
while between the syrian government and the ring in government at the same time just outside damascus the rebels have shot down a syrian helicopter gunship but this comes as shelling continues between both sides in several cities around the country russia has come to the fore in the media atri role it has said that it hopes the united nations arab envoy to syria will be coming to moscow house later this month and the two they hope that both sides will expose caution moscow also saying that...
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all these austerity than a measure of if i feel government in the. last election should be for a year a year because of those thirty minutes you. promise people of all of you at favorable or for iraq because he didn't. leave we here and i mean is there more the who use it in weeks by until he has not been able to increase it and only some of us are elected before if you mindset because he could use the good he the shit austerity measures now greek people. who easily if they call him or a daughter or her gentleman off for thirty. right i mean it is there's a lot happening right now from across europe the red cause is also expanding its campaign are well used to the charity feeding i would say starving children in africa and some of the developing countries but now it's moving to spare a now appealing for help for three hundred thousand suffering the effects of the crisis how do you come to this. yes it him agrees it down not only an increase in knowledge that congress will really feel for eurozone but we have to leave it to money that he embraces in g
all these austerity than a measure of if i feel government in the. last election should be for a year a year because of those thirty minutes you. promise people of all of you at favorable or for iraq because he didn't. leave we here and i mean is there more the who use it in weeks by until he has not been able to increase it and only some of us are elected before if you mindset because he could use the good he the shit austerity measures now greek people. who easily if they call him or a...
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government but why. filing those requests might be as easy as one two three getting an answer to your questions is the tricky part during twenty eleven over six hundred forty four thousand to four recross were filed according to the government and only sixty three percent of those requests were approved so you have a one in six shots of getting what you're looking for all the more interesting to find out that those in charge of the task have decided to outsource transparency so on one hand you have the government attempting to make filing these requests more streamlined but the red tape of filing for requests through private companies perhaps is a good example but actions may be speaking louder than words from washington a model said o r t a government official here in washington are trying to figure out what to do with millions of empty homes that's a problem cities across the country are facing some of them are vacation homes others are waiting to be rented or sold but many of them are not even on the
government but why. filing those requests might be as easy as one two three getting an answer to your questions is the tricky part during twenty eleven over six hundred forty four thousand to four recross were filed according to the government and only sixty three percent of those requests were approved so you have a one in six shots of getting what you're looking for all the more interesting to find out that those in charge of the task have decided to outsource transparency so on one hand you...
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what do you want your government to do because in the end, most everybody wants their government to do whatever it is that they are already getting, and most of us are getting something. >> you know, let me ask you, peter, what is appropriate for a government to do? i mean, these are going to be questions that will be asked over the next few months no matter who is president. what is the appropriate role of government in our lives? >> well, it's got to be less than we are now. since the great recession began, we've added over $1 trillion in spending, and we simply haven't had the growth in the private sector to support it. most of that trillion was not because of inflation or more elderly people on the rolls but simply expanding government programs. you can boost employment in the short term a bit that way, but at the end of the day someone has to pay the taxes. and despite what mr. obama says, on many upper income individuals, not talking about mitt romney himself or warren buffett air, lot of moderate-sized businesses where the owner is paying 30% in federal taxes and add in state an
what do you want your government to do because in the end, most everybody wants their government to do whatever it is that they are already getting, and most of us are getting something. >> you know, let me ask you, peter, what is appropriate for a government to do? i mean, these are going to be questions that will be asked over the next few months no matter who is president. what is the appropriate role of government in our lives? >> well, it's got to be less than we are now. since...
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levels of this government the queen's government involved in the whitewash that's causing any terrorism of the financial kind thank you those in the buckingham palace and also causing widespread fraud and social unrest thank you again down there in the park house and the house of commons you're doing a great job aren't you. know you also brought up terrorism acts so we're going to go to one of the holders of terrorism around the world saudi newspaper says the body you know held naked sorceress fly. wait a minute read that again or my ears what was it just well. this is the google translation of an al arab headline al arab e of course being the saudi royal family owns this entity saudi newspaper says the body. no one held naked sorceress fly but from twitter i've discovered that what they're saying is that the saudi religious police have caught a naked flying which i did email or i i did tweet to al-arabiya and i asked them to please provide an english translation to this story because the english speaking audience would like it but i do think you know here we are london and we've been s
levels of this government the queen's government involved in the whitewash that's causing any terrorism of the financial kind thank you those in the buckingham palace and also causing widespread fraud and social unrest thank you again down there in the park house and the house of commons you're doing a great job aren't you. know you also brought up terrorism acts so we're going to go to one of the holders of terrorism around the world saudi newspaper says the body you know held naked sorceress...
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government and u.s. business interests by chinese interests we believe and so while way is very aggressively trying to grow their business to into the u.s. and to sell equipment here and this is apparently raise some some i think legitimate concerns about about whether or not they're being very honest about this they're not very transparent as a company they're not publicly listed on markets in a way that would allow us to investigate some of their some of their. their findings and so so we're you know there are these concerns are real i haven't been in i haven't looked at the full report yet but it but it sounds legitimate. the target of a story that aired on sixty minutes last night i want to play just a couple snippets from and then we can talk about it in the telecommunications world once you get the camel's nose in the tent you can go anywhere and there overriding concern is this that the chinese government good exploited walkways presence on u.s. networks to intercept high level communications gath
government and u.s. business interests by chinese interests we believe and so while way is very aggressively trying to grow their business to into the u.s. and to sell equipment here and this is apparently raise some some i think legitimate concerns about about whether or not they're being very honest about this they're not very transparent as a company they're not publicly listed on markets in a way that would allow us to investigate some of their some of their. their findings and so so we're...
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it makes moammar gadhafi is government look like a beacon of light in this shining city on the hill patrick if i had to if i could just jump in front and i do apologize i'm running very low on time here and i t. but you know you draw the comparisons iraq afghanistan libya let's talk about the next step today everybody ziering in on that of syria what's next for syria. you know this whole this whole story with with libya and now syria syria's directly linked to libya because libya did send fighters who are being backed by the west and logistical by actual faction but this reminds me of the spanish inquisition rory where instead of you know room imposing catholicism on an establishment people who resist this is like the freedom and democracy inquisition that's really what we're looking at especially in terms of libya and syria this is the west going in directly or through its proxies or through its goal state. monarchies in order to impose western friendly regime in the country that they can then come in calling ice in a financial way particularly we're talking about private banking a
it makes moammar gadhafi is government look like a beacon of light in this shining city on the hill patrick if i had to if i could just jump in front and i do apologize i'm running very low on time here and i t. but you know you draw the comparisons iraq afghanistan libya let's talk about the next step today everybody ziering in on that of syria what's next for syria. you know this whole this whole story with with libya and now syria syria's directly linked to libya because libya did send...
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, the government's rights and the government's rights flow from the citizens. and so the government should have as limited a scope as possible, not and interfere with business and not interfere with our privacy and not spy on us and generally keep the public order and that is about it. >> thank you, so following up on that one of those things that the government is involved in right now is the educational system. and california used to have an education system that was the envy of the nation. how do you feel we get that back? >> well, it is a tragedy that what used to be one of the top systems in the country is now i think, 47th according to a recent standard that i saw. the senator and folks in his party in sacramento believe that spending more is the answer. that is clearly not the case. i think that los angeles county they spent $9,000 per student in
, the government's rights and the government's rights flow from the citizens. and so the government should have as limited a scope as possible, not and interfere with business and not interfere with our privacy and not spy on us and generally keep the public order and that is about it. >> thank you, so following up on that one of those things that the government is involved in right now is the educational system. and california used to have an education system that was the envy of the...
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you know government produces borrowing they say must reduce its borrowing then it's hard to know how it's going to do something else because unless it raises taxes for example that may be an alternative but very few people are advocating that taxes should go up so they're in this sort of halfway position a more or less there's no alternative to. but astaire it isn't a growth policy therefore the government should do something else but when it when you actually asked them what should it do they get all vague. i think they should cancel a lot of the a stereotype policy i think they should cancel the cuts in capital spending particularly and because of that that those schemes were ready to run when the coalition took office and they have been put into cold storage they could be this is buildings building schools building and building houses hospitals all these projects that were canceled because the government was cutting down its spending i think should be un cancelled i think they should be revived so you saying you've got to speculate to accumulate in a way not speculate spend you've
you know government produces borrowing they say must reduce its borrowing then it's hard to know how it's going to do something else because unless it raises taxes for example that may be an alternative but very few people are advocating that taxes should go up so they're in this sort of halfway position a more or less there's no alternative to. but astaire it isn't a growth policy therefore the government should do something else but when it when you actually asked them what should it do they...
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in government health care. who gets covered, medicaid, medicare. i want to ask about a very sensitive part of health costs. one-third of u.s. health care spending is to take care of merneds in their last year of life. does that need to change? and how does government tackle something like that without the debate quickly turning into talk about government death panels and health-care rationing? >> we need to make a commitment to people on health care systems like medicare and medicaid that we will take care of them throughout their lives. and we will take care of them compassionately at the end of life. that's my commitment as united states senator. but in order to do that, the have to have a medicare and medicaid program that works for those individuals and is not just designed to pad the bottom lines of insurance companies. this is where linda mcmahon and i differ. i believe we have to make changes to medicare to save the program. we have to make it more efficient and cost-effective. we have to get the waste o
in government health care. who gets covered, medicaid, medicare. i want to ask about a very sensitive part of health costs. one-third of u.s. health care spending is to take care of merneds in their last year of life. does that need to change? and how does government tackle something like that without the debate quickly turning into talk about government death panels and health-care rationing? >> we need to make a commitment to people on health care systems like medicare and medicaid that...
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>> i think government has been somewhat complicit. i think republicans like to talk down government, while they go to get the pork and for their districts. -- pork for their districts. the blue states are actually more self-sufficient, so they are colluding. democrats got blamed because they were in charge when some of the unraveling happened, and there were some troubles, some democrats began to run away. they ran away from the new deal, and they competed to shower benefits on business and particularly wall street. they became, in many ways, the party of wall street, said democrats were not doing well looking out for the interests of white working class america. there was this legacy of what government had done to build this middle class that was the envy of the world. tavis: to be sure, i think of detroit immediately, but there are so many others, the teachers' union -- so many women went into the teaching profession because they could not do anything else, and i do not like people beating up and stigmatizing unions, and yet, i am t
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they want to the government militarily on day no they help you but you know at the moment this states it all full members of the european union saudi arabia of cut don't go over there it will feed persian gulf arab states it turkey of course a member of nato you're them so. we want to see how he goes while the u.n. struggles to end violence in syria tensions are on the rise with turkey auguries now closed its airspace to syrian civilian flights echoing an earlier move by damascus this after turkey intercepted a syrian passenger jet wednesday claiming it was a legally carrying russian made weapons allegation strongly denied by moscow parties or in english though has more. they pointed their guns at those hungover and put those on the ground then they drove us back to the plane into vehicles. bruised arms and better dignity with an international scandal thrown in on top all in the name of peace at least that's the stance taken by the turkish authorities when they tried to justify force for the grounding is syrian plane on route from moscow to damascus us. we in turkey only want peace an
they want to the government militarily on day no they help you but you know at the moment this states it all full members of the european union saudi arabia of cut don't go over there it will feed persian gulf arab states it turkey of course a member of nato you're them so. we want to see how he goes while the u.n. struggles to end violence in syria tensions are on the rise with turkey auguries now closed its airspace to syrian civilian flights echoing an earlier move by damascus this after...
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stability -- the government is a transitional government. that is the name of it. threats against us -- we had 230. facility concerns -- you have admitted that the facility was not up to code. so, it seems to me that the $64,000 question is, what would it have to look -- taken to get these guys on the ground who have been there for months, what would it have taken to get the additional security personnel? when it takes 232? 250 incidents? would it take the government that had been in power eight months, not five months? what would it have taken to do what the professionals in the field felt needed to be done to protect american assets and the life of these four individuals? i will start with you, ambassador. >> we do assessments every day of security around the world. we looked at every location. there were 235 -- 234 incidents. only 20% of them were in benghazi. the west for in tripoli or elsewhere. there had not been a single incident -- >> were the more serious ones in benghzi? >> no. they were elsewhere. there was never a single incident in benghazi of the leth
stability -- the government is a transitional government. that is the name of it. threats against us -- we had 230. facility concerns -- you have admitted that the facility was not up to code. so, it seems to me that the $64,000 question is, what would it have to look -- taken to get these guys on the ground who have been there for months, what would it have taken to get the additional security personnel? when it takes 232? 250 incidents? would it take the government that had been in power...